Remembering When NSA (and our "intelligence") "worked"
Did CBS and "60 Minutes" lose their nerve, and their "way", after Cheney/Bush "gutted" Dan Rather? Can' Be Sure??
Last night's lead story on "60 Minutes" left me, and, I'm sure many other citizens, "incredulous"! Did I just see, in prime time, the head of the NSA say he traveled to Hawaii to "sit in the seat" that Snowden occupied when he ripped this country off? Did I also see his "man in charge" openly disagree with his boss, for all the world to see? Did I hear them both admit that we still don't know the extent of what Snowden did, or how he did it?
As a veteran who served "The Agency" during the Cuban Missile Crisis, I will never forget our President, those who supported him, and their "success" at turning away what was clearly the imminent threat of World War III (nuclear)!!
Contrast that with our "Intelligence" experiences during 9/11. We were told that NOTHING worked!! From the National Security Adviser, throughout the "Community", we were told that all "systems" failed! Reports of "tampering" with "intelligence" leading up to the Iraq invasion; "shuffles" and reorganizations within the "community"; and a Medal for the guy in charge of the CIA at the time, were all paraded before us.
President Truman, famously, spoke out after the Bay of Pigs incident, citing the CIA as a rogue agency and a flaw in the reorganization of our security apparatus following World War II. http://irapilgrim.mcn.org/war13.html
Are we left to believe that a high-school drop-out, white male U.S. citizen, pulled off a caper that has hamstrung our security apparatus in 2013; and, did it ALL ALONE?? If we do, then, shame on us!! If Putin saw last night's show, he must have cracked a rib laughing at us.
Stay Vigilant! We deserve the Government that we ACCEPT!!
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